tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
preliminary arrangements; spade work
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
it's no joke; gimme a break!
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
present; gift; to give a present or gift
preliminary test or trial; tryout
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
link; directory entry; rink
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to be born; to come into the world
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
how; in what way; how about; questionable
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
name; given name; first name
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
war; fighting; fierce competition
a few years ago; some years back
great war; great battle; world war